Kano Jigoro Quotes
Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.
Quotes to Explore
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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I waited for my first kiss.
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
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Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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Wal-mart... do they like make walls there?
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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I think escapism is something artists write about pretty frequently - it's something everyone can relate to, the concept of wanting something more, wanting to find solace, wanting to have something better.
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I try so hard not to think that I am a stranger in a strange land. But I know that I stand out.
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Acceptance is an affirmation that you’re good enough.
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Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.
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The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
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The Bible God I deny; the Christian God I disbelieve in; but I am not rash enough to say there is no God as long as you tell me you are unprepared to define God to me.
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Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.
